Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34813, Ephraim Emerton, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass
Emerton, Ephraim
S.3H813
CONTENTS
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539
Massachusetts Roll
Ephraim Emerton
Capt Kimball
Lieutenant
4
Mass line 1776 - 1 Year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of May 1818 and sent to Hon. Samuel Putnam, Salem, Mass.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept r 1818
5 months 2/30 $ 40.33
{Revolutionary claims,} {Act 18th March, 1818,}

34 813
Very INVALID.
File No. 34 813
Abraham Emerton Lient. Rev. J. D.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 129
[Arrangement of 1870.]

IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina, to Ephraim Branton Gentleman
WE reposing especial trust and confidence in your patriotism, valour, conduct and fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be First Lieutenant of Col. Kimball's
Benjamin Kimball's Company, in the 2 d Regiment of Foot commanded by Colonel Israel Hutchinson
in the army of the United Colonies, raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of First Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as First Lieutenant. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the time being of the army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior officer, according to the rules and discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This commission to continue in force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
By Order of the Congress,
John Hancock President
Attest Chas Thomson January the 11 1776

34 813 THE CONGRESS OF THE COLONY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY.
To Ephraim Emerton Gentleman
GREETING.
WE, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Courage and good Conduct, Do, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you the said Ephraim Emerton to be Lieutenant of the Foot Company in the Regiment of Foot Where of John Mansfield Esq r is Colonel raised by the Congress aforesaid, for the Defence of said Colony.
You are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Lieutenant in leading, ordering, and exercising the said Company in Arms, both inferior Officers and Soldiers, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline; and they are hereby commanded to obey you as their Lieutenant , and you are yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall, from Time to Time, receive from the General and Commander in Chief of the Forces raised in the Colony aforesaid, for the Defence of the same, or any other your superior Officers, according to military Rules and Discipline in War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you.
By Order of the Congress,
John Warren
President P. T.
A. D. 1775.
Dated, the 19 th of May
Danl Freeman
Secretary P. T.

Middlesex ss June 15 1775
Then Lieut Ephraim Emerson within named appeared and Repeated the Oath by Congress Required to be taken by the Officers of the Massachusetts Army
Before me Jon. Hastings Justice of Peace
Lieut. E. E.
Ephraim Emerson Mun. S. 34613

I Ephraim Emerton of Salem in the County of Essex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Mariner aged thirty nine years — Do on Oath represent and declare — That in the year of our Lord 1775 I entered the Military Service of my country and in May of that year was commissioned under the Authority of Massachusetts as a First Lieut in a Comp. of Foot in the Regiment commanded by Mansfield Esq. in the Month of January following I received a Commission of First Lieut in Capt B. Kimball's Company in the 27 th Reg. t commanded by Israel Hutchinson Esq. in the Massachusetts Line of the Army under the Continental Establishment raised to serve One Year
And I declare that I did accordingly serve in the capacity of first Lieut r One entire year against the common Enemy Vis t from Jan y 1776 to Jan y 1777
And now being advanced in Years, out of employment, and having no Income in these reduced circumstances I stand in need of the assistance for support Country and I do also declare that I never have hitherto received or applied for any Pension from the Gov t of the United States and do relinquish all claim to the same — April 3. 1818 — Ephraim Emerton

Jeremiah Emmerston of Salem in Massachusetts State Do on Oath testify and declare that in the year 1775 I served as a noncommissioned Officer in the Massachusetts Reg't commanded by Colonel Mansfield Esq. in which Reg't my Brother Ephraim Emmerston the within Deponent was a Subaltern Officer — in January following to my knowledge the said Ephraim rec'd a Commission of Lieut. under the Continental Establishment on the Massachusetts Line — raised for one year and that he served in Camp the whole Term — and I do believe that from his present reduced circumstances he stands in need of Assistance from his Country for his Jeremiah Emmerston
Commonwealth of Massachusetts — Essex ss on the 1 day of April 1810 personally appeared before me Samuel Putnam one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid — the above named Jeremiah Emmerston made Oath to the foregoing Affidavit by him Subscribed —
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court this day of April A.D. 1810 —
S. Putnam Just } S. J. Court of Mass }

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex On this third day of April A.D. 1818 personally appeared before me Samuel Putnam one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid — Ephraim Emerson who made oath to the truth and in my presence subscribed the foregoing Declaration and Affidavit by him made — and it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Ephraim Emerson served as a commissioned Officer One year in the revolutionary War on the Continental Establishment against the enemies of the country — I hereby certify and transmit the said Declaration & Affidavit with the Commission therein referred to — which on my opinion were entitled to the proceedings herein to the Secretary of the War Department —
In Witness whereof, I have caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed and have hereunto set my Hand this third day of April A.D. 1818 —
S. Putnam — Judge of the S. J. Court of Mass'ts.

Ebenezer Corner 30 Apr. 1815
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss.
I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth aforesaid in and for the County aforesaid, hereby certify, to all whom these presents may concern, that the aforementioned Hon: Samuel Putnam is a Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court as aforesaid, that the seal hereunto affixed is the seal of said Court, & the signature aforesaid is his proper hand
Attest: Ichabod Tucker Clerk